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Sailor – Bentham, Richard –Eight Years In Navy

February 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 February 1940 Eight Years In Navy Now and again the German radio announcers have decided they had better sink...

Soldier – Biggs, Fred – Service Snap

February 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940 Service Snaps Pte. Fred Biggs, aged 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Biggs, 39, Cross...

Soldier – Cater L. – Qualified Signalman

February 1940
South Yorkshire Times, February 24, 1940 Qualified Signalman Signalman L. Cater. son of Mr. and Mrs. L Cater, of Water Works House, Mexborough, is at present...

Soldier – Kelly, Sam – Football with the French

February 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940 Football with the French Pte. Sam Kelly, who will be remembered by local sportsmen as a Mexborough...

Soldier – Severns, Ron – Doing His Bit (picture)

February 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940 Doing His Bit Pte. Ron Severns joined the Territorials in May last year. He was called up at...

Soldier – Webster H. – Verses by the Boys

February 1940
South Yorkshire Times, February 24, 1940 Verses By The Boys Private H. Webster, formerly of Roman Terrace, Mexborough, and now of Doncaster Road, Goldthorpe, was called...

Soldier – Geary, Arthur – In Australia

February 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 February 1940 In Australia. Mr. Arthur Geary, a Mexborough man who emigrated to Western Australia about twelve years ago,...

Soldier – Nicholson Bros – Three Out of Seven

February 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 February 1940 Three Out Of Seven Out of a family of seven Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nicholson, of...

Soldiers – Smith, Fred & Bisby, Cyril – Railmen Join Up

February 1940
South Yorkshire Times, February 24, 1940 Railmen Join Up Two Mexborough men, Mr. Fred Smith, 8, Phoenix Street, and Mr. Cyril Bisby, H. Chaucer Road, have...

Editorial – The Nelson Touch (video)

22 February 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 February 1940 The Nelson Touch The latest exploit of the British Navy rounds off the story of the...